AN:HARRY POTTER IS NOT MINE. I'M STILL WORKING ON MY OTHER STORIES, BUT THIS POPPED IN MY HEAD AND I JUST HAD TO WRITE IT. HOPE YOU ENJOY!

Severus Snape was not happy. Albus was forcing him to baby-sit a bunch of Gryffindors for the summer. Usually, he wouldn't have made a big fuss about it, but this particular group included the Golden Trio and several of their friends. Albus was sending Severus along with them as several Slytherins would be there as well this summer, and Albus wanted Severus around in case of trouble. So, instead of having a nice peaceful summer holiday, he was going to Granger's vacation home in the States. Fabulous.

Hermione Granger was riding one of her horses, Ares, while thinking. She often did her best thinking while riding. She was nervous and excited at the same time. At any moment, her friends and Professor Snape would be arriving at her house for the summer.

As she turned Ares into a trot back toward the house, she began thinking back on the last year.

Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, along with several others their age, had gone back to Hogwarts after the war. They were hoping for a fairly normal year for once. If you count befriending a bunch of Slytherins as normal, that is. Other than that, they were just regular teenagers at school.

At the beginning of the school year, in the Great Hall, in front of the entire school, Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zabini, Millicent Bulstrode and Theodore Nott had apologized to not only Hogwarts, but specifically Harry, Ron and Hermione. Turns out, they group had a lot in common. The boys bonded over Quidditch, while the girls grew close while doing girly things, like doing makeovers and having slumber parties.

This was especially fun for Hermione. After all these years of being 'Hermione Granger, Brightest Witch of her Age, Harry Potter's best friend, and the Brains of the Golden Trio', she got to just be 'Hermione Granger, girl'. Pansy and Ginny had helped her look like an actual girl this year, as opposed to the last few years, when she was a tomboy. Now, along with Ginny, Pansy was her closest girl friend.

There were also relationship troubles during the year, but that's normal with any teenager, right? Harry had finally acknowledged his attraction to Draco, and during a Hogsmead trip, Hermione had gotten it out of Draco that he was attracted to Harry, as well. So, she did what any best friend would do-she set them up. Three months later, they were still going strong.

Ron had discovered a kindred spirit in Pansy, to everyone's surprise. Hermione was thankful for that. After talking to Pansy during a girls night, she had found out that Pansy really wanted nothing more than to have a huge family. They had dated for 3 weeks when Ron took her to the Burrow for Christmas, and she instantly had Molly's seal of approval after she admitted to wanting 6 or so kids one day. Another plus for Pansy-she could cook, almost as good as Molly, and was a Quidditch fan. She was definitely a future Weasley.

Another shock to the group was when Ginny started dating Neville, and Luna started dating Theodore, or Theo, as he preferred. Nobody had seen that coming. They had thought that Luna fancied Neville. Both couples were perfect together, though.

Hermione, Blaise and Millicent were the only single ones left, and that was just fine by them. There was no rush to find someone and settle down, and while they were supportive of their friends, that just wasn't for them now.

At the end of the year, Hermione invited everyone to her vacation house for the summer, before they all went their own directions. Everyone was surprised to hear that she owned a massive estate somewhere in Montana. Her parents had left it to her in their wills. They had passed away the summer after her fifth year in an explosion at their dental offices. That's one of the reasons it hadn't worked with Ron. The Weasley's had practically adopted her, so they were basically brother and sister. It would've been weird to date.

Hermione had been surprised when she was called into Albus' office one day. He had heard about the groups summer plans, and talked her into having Professor Snape go along, if there was trouble. He further surprised her by saying that since the trio and friends would be on vacation, the rest of the Order would be going on vacation as well. He was taking all the adults to a private island he owned in the Caribbean for the summer.

She really had no choice, she guessed. Dumbledore had conned her into agreeing by saying that unless they needed him, Snape would probably stay out of their hair for the summer. And, he had threatened to send another Order member who wouldn't give them a moment's peace, so she had agreed.

The odd thing was that none of her friends seemed to mind too much about Snape joining them. They had actually agreed with Dumbledore. It would be a good idea to have him around, just in case. This surprised Hermione. She thought they would all throw a fit about him going. Granted, Snape had chilled somewhat since the end of the war, but it was still Snape. The group had agreed to try to include him as much as possible.

She just hoped they wouldn't be too upset that she hadn't mentioned she had a lot of money. They knew she was well off, but in actuality, she had almost as much money as Draco's family did. The house they were going to in Montana was a 300-acre, 22 bedroom, 11-and-a-half bathroom estate. After her parents died, she hired a few people to keep the house up while she wasn't there. They were squibs she had found via an advert in the Daily Prophet. Hermione knew she made the right decision when they didn't balk at the size of the house, or that she owned over 50 horses. Hermione had given them the guest house to renovate to their liking, as well. She had offered them a part of the big house, but they had said that the guest house would be more than enough for them.

The group back at Hogwarts was preparing to port key to Hermione's for the summer, and were getting anxious. Hermione had never told them she had a house in America, and after seeing her house in London, knew it was bound to be a beautiful house. They knew Hermione's parents had money and left it to her in their wills, but they weren't sure how rich she was. They were also anxious to see her again, as well. Since her parents died, she hasn't been away from any of them for more than a few hours, and she had gone ahead to the house 3 days ago. They all knew it was silly, but couldn't help it. Since they had become friends, they had all grown into a family, and got nervous when they were separated.

Waiting for the group to show up, Severus stood in the Great Hall. Even with only around 10 minutes to go until they left, he was still trying to find ways to get out of this. Even though he had changed his attitude after the war in regards to the Golden Trio, he didn't want to spend his summer with them. And, even though he was Draco's godfather, didn't want to spend the summer with him, either. Lucius and Narcissa were lucky. They were going to be spending the summer on the French Riviera, in peace and quiet, while he had to spend the summer in Montana, with a bunch of former students. Life just wasn't fair.

Hearing the sounds of the kids laughing, he shrunk his belongings and put them in his pockets. After the group walked over to him, and after saying a final round of goodbyes to Albus and Minerva, they all grabbed the port key and were off.

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